Total Crime Rate
21.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stakesby Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Whitby Streonshalh , and the 559th lowest crime rate of 2,067 local areas in North Yorkshire .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stakesby Road (YO21 1JF) in the last 12 months was 21.6 per 1,000 residents and was 88.8% lower than the Whitby Streonshalh average (193.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stakesby Road (YO21 1JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Field House Road, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fountains Close (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laburnum Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beeching Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beeching Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Field House Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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